Ms.
Cole,
Mrs.
Hammond,
&
Mrs. Rouse
This web page was created to guide you
through the third grade. There
is a lot of useful information for you and your parents.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact your third
grade teacher and we would be happy to help you in any way!
We cant
wait to meet you and your family. This
year will be very exciting and fun. We
will be alive, alert, and awake every morning to work with your child.
Field Trips:
The third grade will take one field trip in the spring. We
will either go on a B & B Riverboat cruise or visit the Freedom Center.
Grade Level Expectations
Classroom
Expectations Consequences Grading Scale
Homework Policy:
Students need to have
completed homework each day. We
will have 15-20 minutes of silent reading nightly.
Students will have other assignments to complete which should be
written in their planbooks for you to check off and sign.
If it is not completed, students will do so in lunch detention.
Academic
Information
Language
Arts:
Math:
Miss Cole teaches math to our third grade students.
A strong foundation with basic facts, calculations, and test taking
skills will be emphasized throughout the year. Our
math program is published by the Scott Foresman Company and a wide variety
of support materials will be integrated into lessons, to provide students
with a variety of experiences, practice, and skill building challenges.
We will begin the year with a review of addition and subtraction:
practicing facts, calculations and problem solving.
Students will begin to focus on mastery of multiplication facts
(times tables) and division facts at the beginning of the second quarter.
These foundation skills will be used throughout the year as we
develop student knowledge in the areas of numbers, number sense &
operations; geometry & spatial sense; measurement, patterns, functions
& algebra; and probability and data analysis.
There will be math homework most nights.
It is expected that third graders practice facts for accuracy and
speed regularly and master all basic facts through: 9 + 9; subtract all
sums through 18 9; multiply all facts through 10 x 10, with the
understanding that multiplication is the opposite operation of division.
We are going to have a great year!
Try this problem and when you finish bring your solution to Miss
Cole for a special reward. A
Penny Piece
Cut
or draw a big circle on a sheet of paper.
Place (or label) seven pennies on your circle as follows:
- Place six pennies,
evenly spaced, around the outer edge of the circle.
Label the top penny A and the others B, C, D, E & F,
going clockwise around the circle.
- Place another penny
in the middle of the circle. Label
it G.
- Now divide the circle
into sections by drawing
just three straight lines so that there is only one penny in
each section.
Answer:
- Begin by
drawing a horizontal line across the circle, just below penny G.
- Next, draw a
diagonal line beginning left of penny A, passing to the right of penny
G, and then just beneath penny C.
- Then draw
another diagonal line beginning at the right of Penny A, passing to
the left of Penny G, and just beneath penny E.
- Penny G should
end up in a small triangle all by itself.
Good
luck and remember to bring your solution to Miss Cole.
Science/
Health:
(Science
Link)
This year we will be learning about many exciting new things. We will explore the body systems and space. We will also be learning about how machines make our lives easier. The students always love to share their rock collections during our study of geology. There is so much to discover about our world. and I'm looking forward to helping your child view Science as an adventure.
Social
Studies:
How about learning some local history? We will start the year navigating maps and learning about Harrison history. Our curriculum guides us through timelines, economics, government and American symbols.